Trap.



PATENTED MAY 12, N08.

C. B. TRUMBLE.

TRAP.

Awmm'rmri mman my 9,1907.

atroz/umg the trap after it has heen sprung.

, EUNITEB STATES PATENT OFFCE. CHAUNLEY Bl TRUMllLE, Ol SIiRAU-iibl), NIEW Y()lil\',..ASb`l(l\IOR lU .lli'lSON .\l. GHIGNICY, Ul" CAZENOVIA, NEW YORK.

TRA?.

No. 887,547. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 12, 1908. j Application led May 9, 1907. Serial No. 372,7534

To all lwhom it moy eo'neern: springs 155. surround the pinlle llt, the t'ront Be it known that I, (7n/teneur B. Tm'iii ends `144 ol the springs eiigriieiiiei lugs 15 pro- .f

BLE, a Citizen of the United States, residing;r l jeeting inwnrd Ylroin the jow ineinl'ier t), :ind

at Svracuse, in the county otl (.)iiondngn and the reni` ends ill ol snid springs being sented -5 State of New York, have invented new and l' in notches 17 in n. eentrnl v disposed support useful Improvements in Trnps, ol whieh the j 1S loiined upon the eross lim o, following is a speeiiieation. i Looselkiir mounted on tv he curved portion 7 no This invention relates to spring jow trnpsn; oi the eross .hor (i is :i trigger und lnutipointy and one of the prineipiil ohjeets o' the sinne g' 1t), sind trigger heiner niountei'l hetiweeii l0 is to provide a trap of this ehiirni'ter whieh SPM/0d lUtIS 2l) ml PTWltlttl Willi zin up` shall be coinporzitively simple in eonstrueturned hp2l. adopted toengiige the l'ront end tion, and in which the teeth on the jaws of orti trigger22 pivotiillyeoniieeted to `the reni' 1; the trap extend inwardly sind hoekwiirdly to Gross bnr between till@ lllLS 23 'l l1@ bilitprevent the animal troni withdrawing` troni point 24 11S eitended- Sonie distruiee nhove the lip'2 tis shown in Fie. t ol the drawing. A bail 25 hnsits ends 2l; lient :ii'ound the pintjle l() inside the lugs tw', siiid h'nil heinel 7 thuspivoted to the pintle ttl. Forint-d on. the enlarged lug-s ll ol' the upper jnw .l :ire projeetions 2T, which :ire engaged hv the parallel :iiins ol' the luiil .25 to rinse the jnw il against the tension ol' the springs t3 until the 75 trigger 22 .is extended over the lniil zuid eon neeted with the lip 21 of the huit trigo-er.

Anot ier olijeet 'of the invention is to provide two springs `tor closingA the jaws of the trap, and ineiins wherehv one of seid springs may he readil)Y diseonneeted to derreiise the power of the spring iii-tion oll the jnws7 whenever the tru-p is required for use iii enti-hing,r snifiller animals. ,j

Still another ohjeet oi the invention is to provide ii spring jiiw trop whieh 'iin he readily set without danger ol injury tothe in setting the trap the huil 25 is 'dr-invii hands of the user. backward, said boily e ngiiging the pro jeiit-ions These und other ohjeets nini he attained i 27 on the jaw 9. When the hail 25 hns been by ineens of the eonsti'uetion illustrated in l pressed down sufficiently to perinit the trigthe aeeoinpanying drawing, in whieh: ger 22 to extend over the Sonie and engage 30 Figure 1 is a perspective view ol n trop the lip21, the trop is set, this operation heine' mode in oeeordiini-e with invv invention, the performed from within the upper jtiw l) withtrap heini"r shown set. Fig. 2 ii phin View out danger of injury to the hands. i'tis to Sir of the sinne, the trap heing shown sprung. he understood, of course, tlnit the point 24. is Fig. 3 is a. longitudinal section on the line biiited before the ti'iip is set. Should ity he 3-3, vFig. 2, looking in the direetion indidesired to use the trop l'or sn'uiller iiniiniils cated hy the arrows. not requiring n still sprin;I notion, one olY the Referring to the drawingw lor n inore porn sii-ings 13 inoy he diseonneoted hy raising no ticular description of in v invention, the nuthe end 16 out of the notch 17, und thus rememl 1 designates the lower jaw of the trzip lieving the end 14 from the,projecting,r lugs 15 comprisingr a. loop or ring having inwardly on the jew 9. l j f md upwardly projeetinfT points or prongs 2, Freni the Iloregoinibr it will be obvious that and a rearwardly, extending hase portioiiiS of zitrapniiide in accordance with niyinvention, 95 substantially rectangular formation, siiid is comparatively simple in construction that base portion having a rear ei'oss hor 4, n the tension of the spring .muy be reguliited;

vcross 'mi' 5 and o front cross lnir havine ii thnt the trap inny be set withoutdanger of curved renti-nl portion 7. Oppositely d`isinjury to the user; und theit the rezirwzirdly posed lugs S :ire forined on the hase portion, projecting prongs on the jaws will not` pois tot) -and the upper jaw S) is Connected to the lugs I init the withdrawal of the zininnd alter the 8 by meansofn pin 1() which extends through trop has been sprung.

'the lugs 8 and through the 'enlarged lugs 11 Having thus deserihei'l the invention, what on the lower ends ot the jaw 9. Down- .I oliiiniis: l w'ardly md inwardly extending prongs A spring j `are provided on the jaw t). A pair of coiled ow trop comprising i lower jow 105 having o. buse portion extending bookwsrdly therefrom, a pntle, an upper jaw pvotally connected to the lower jaw by said pntle, springs connected, to said pintle and provdedwith oppositely extending ends, lugs on the upper jaw the being connected to seid lugs, a, support on the bese portion, and the opposite ends being seated in said support, whereby either of said front ends of Said spmngs prings may be disconnected for thefrirpose eserlbed. y l In testimony whereof, I ax my sjgnatre in presence of twowitnesses;

' CHAUNCEY B. TRUMBLE.

t Witnesses:

E. C. WRIGHT, WESLEY HOOK 

